Basic Operation virsh list [--all|--inactive] inactive show defined but not active domains. virsh start <domid|name|uuid> virsh shutdown <domid|name|uuid> virsh suspend <domid|name|uuid> virsh resume <domid|name|uuid> virsh reboot <domid|name|uuid> virsh destroy <domid|name|uuid> cold reset the node, does not delete/destroy anything. virsh console <domid|name|uuid> serial console, exit with ctrl+5 or ctrl+] Definition VM are created by describing the virtual machine in a libvirt XML file, and importing that XML file into virsh. virsh dumpxml <domid|name|uuid> virsh define <filename.xml> http://libvirt.org/format.html virsh undefine <domid|name|uuid> delete the VM. First you must terminate (destroy) the domain. This command does not delete volumes, use vol-delete. Modification virsh autostart [--disable] <domid|name|uuid> autostart on boot virsh edit <domid|name|uuid> reboot guest for c...